What Silence Knows

What Silence Knows
Studio album by
Shara Nelson
Released20 September 1993 (1993-09-20)[1]
Genre
Length48:18
LabelCooltempo
ProducerMichael Peden
Shara Nelson chronology
What Silence Knows
(1993) 		Friendly Fire
(1995)
Singles from What Silence Knows
  1. "Down That Road"
    Released: 12 July 1993[2]
  2. "One Goodbye in Ten"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Inside Out"
    Released: 8 November 1993[3]
  4. "Uptight"
    Released: 31 January 1994[4]
  5. "Nobody"
    Released: 23 May 1994[5]
  6. "Inside Out" / "Down That Road (remix)"
    Released: 30 August 1994[6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chicago Reader(favorable)[7]
Los Angeles Times[8]
Melody Maker(favorable)[9]
Music Week[10]
NME6/10[11]
Spin(favorable)[12]

What Silence Knows is the debut solo album by English singer Shara Nelson, released in September 1993 on Cooltempo Records. It includes five singles which reached the UK Singles Chart: "Down That Road", "One Goodbye in Ten", "Inside Out", "Uptight" and "Nobody".[13] The album peaked at No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart[14] and was later certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.[15]

The album was shortlisted for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.[16]

  1. ^ "Album Releases". Music Week. 18 September 1994. p. 24. Misprinted as the previous week, 13 September, on source.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 10 July 1993. p. 21.
  3. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 6 November 1993. p. 23.
  4. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 29 January 1994. p. 25.
  5. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 21 May 1994. p. 27.
  6. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 27 August 1994. p. 27.
  7. ^ Johnson, Martin (20 October 1994). "No Need to Shout". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  8. ^ Hunt, Dennis (7 August 1994). "Shara Nelson, 'What Silence Knows' (Chrysalis/ERG)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  9. ^ Bush, Calvin (18 September 1993). "Albums". Melody Maker. p. 39. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  10. ^ Jones, Alan (25 September 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums" (PDF). Music Week. p. 17. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  11. ^ Morton, Roger (18 September 1993). "Long Play". NME. p. 37. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  12. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (July 1994). "Spins". Spin. p. 70. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  13. ^ "SHARA NELSON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference uk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Shara Nelson' (from bpi.co.uk)". Imgur.com (original source published by British Phonographic Industry). Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Mercury Prize". www.mercuryprize.com.